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For football fans who hungrily feed on gossip and rumour, Christmas shows up twice a yr – once in August and again in January. They are the weeks when the transfer screen dominates thoughts, when the prospect of a new putting your signature on or two reinvigorates the expectations and dreams of the hopelessly devoted.

Nige Tassell goes behind the scenes to observe the workings of the transfer screen also to examine so why it continues to carry such fascination to get a nation of football lovers. He talks to players, managers, chairmen, agencies, scouts, analysts, supporters, journalists, broadcasters and even bookmakers to hear the way they survive – and possibly prosper from – these red-letter months in the soccer calendar. Completely current to include essential action from your 2018/19 transfer windows.

Nobody writes on the subject of football want Nige Tassell: poignant, crazy, nostalgic and reminds us why we love the game.